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Chloé Yeung @ccstorytime.bsky.social · 1d

Manuscript now accepted! 🥳 @steffendanielle.bsky.social @valerioizzi.bsky.social @abigailmackey1.bsky.social @ismcopenhagen.bsky.social

Spatially distinct ECM-producing fibroblasts and myonuclei orchestrate early adaptation to mechanical loading in the human muscle-tendon unit

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The Meshwork @themeshwork.bsky.social · 3d

🧬 Join us for the 1st 2025-2026 #TheMeshworkTalk!
Dr. @johannaienglund.bsky.social (University of Helsinki) will dive into how basement membrane influences breast cancer onset and progression 💜
📅 Oct 22
🕣 8:30 ET | 14:30 CET
Register with the QR code or click here: t.co/D4zVgsrObf

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Elisa Villalobos, PhD. @elisavillalobos.bsky.social · 5d

🚨submissions open🚨 I’m guest editing at #Jove. If you have cool methods 🧫🧪🔬of biomechanical studies related to cell differentiation👩🏻‍🔬👨🏼‍🔬🧑🏽‍🔬 Please submit your work😜👇🏽This is great opportunity to showcase your work & help with #reproducibility in #science 🙌🏼 We’d ♥️to see it 🎥📄

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JoVE | Peer Reviewed Scientific Video Journal - Methods and Protocols

Jove

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@NicoliLab @nicolilab.bsky.social · 6d

OMG 😱 a true game changer for biology! Menstruation is a natural miracle of tissue regeneration. Amazing biology to come!

Çağrı Çevrim @cagricevrim.bsky.social · 6d

I’m thrilled to share my postdoc work and the first paper from the McKinley Lab! 🎉
@karalmckinley.bsky.social
We built the first transgenic model of menstruation in mice.
We used it to uncover how the endometrium organizes and sheds during menstruation. 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Induction of menstruation in mice reveals the regulation of menstrual shedding

During menstruation, an inner layer of the endometrium is selectively shed, while an outer, progenitor-containing layer is preserved to support repeated regeneration. Progress in understanding this co...

www.biorxiv.org

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Sandrine Le Goff @sgosfflv.bsky.social · 12d

Looking for a PhD ? Don’t miss ⬇️
12 PhDs available in the REMOD-HEALING European doctoral network, funded by Horizon Europe's MCSA-DN program, in Europe and Costa Rica !
www.euraxess.fr/jobs/375945
@themeshwork.bsky.social @matrixbiologie.bsky.social
#ECM #collagen #WoundHealing
#proteases

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Kate Cavanaugh @katecavanaugh.bsky.social · 15d

See this? This = implanting mouse embryo. Usually this happens inside its mother and is invisible to us, but we can actually watch implantation ex vivo with the hope of understanding why implantation goes awry in embryos of older women. A 🧵...

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APS Publications @apspublications.bsky.social · 16d

Study in AJP-Heart and Circ is largest prospective CMR study to assess clinical & subclinical changes in young adult offspring of #hypertensive #pregnancy https://ow.ly/fpCY50X4hLA

➡️ Submit to our OPEN Call for Papers on #WomensHealth & #Cardiovascular Disease https://ow.ly/gUif50X4hCz

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ASMB @amsocmatbio.bsky.social · 28d

🎉 Happy Postdoc Appreciation Week 2025! 🎉

At ASMB, we’re celebrating the innovators of tomorrow — our incredible PhD students & postdocs who are driving discovery every day.

👉ASMB members, want to be featured?: We are still accepting Submissions!

#ASMBPAW2025 #ASMBTrainees #ECMatrix

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Tom Van Agtmael @tomvanagtmael.bsky.social · Sep 16

Really excited to tell you about our paper just out in the journal Matrix Biology.
@erinboland.bsky.social set out to investigate what the impact of basement membrane defects are on adult heart function/biology.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Biomechanical and compositional basement membrane defects due to a Col4a1 mutation affect cardiac morphology and function

Collagen IV is a major constituent of basement membranes and mutations in the genes COL4A1 and COL4A2 present clinically as a variable, multi-system d…

www.sciencedirect.com

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GJBrainResearch @gjbrainresearch.bsky.social · 28d

Join the Dyer Lab (Dr @douglaspdyer.bsky.social) as a Research Associate in Neuro-Immunology & Extracellular Matrix Biology (ImmunoMatrix).

🔬 Focus: chemokines, glycocalyx & inflammatory disease

📍 Cutting-edge biochem, biophysics & in vivo biology

Apply now 👉 shorturl.at/jEQ6G

Research Associate in in Neuro-Immunology and Extraceullar Matrix Biology (ImmunoMatrix):Oxford Road

Our Glyco-Immunology (Dyer) lab has produced published and preliminary data demonstrating that an under-appreciated structure, the glycocalyx, on endothelial- and immune- cells regulates immune cell recruitment by:

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🦋 Gourdon Lab 🦠🔬 @delphe.bsky.social · Aug 14

🔔🧪 Call for Papers – #Mechanobiology of the #ExtracellularMatrix 🧬🛠️

Excited to serve as Guest Editor — together with Jacopo di Russo and Jennifer Young — of a new 𝐧𝐩𝐣 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐬 Collection on “Mechanobiology of the ECM”.

Deadline: 14 May 2026!

www.nature.com/collections/...

Mechanobiology of the Extracellular Matrix

This Collection aims to highlight fundamental and translational advances in ECM mechanobiology.

www.nature.com

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Glen Pyle | Womens Heart Health ❤️‍🩹🖇️ @glenpyle.bsky.social · Jul 31

📣Faculty Position Opening!

👩🏾‍🔬An exciting opportunity for an Assistant Professor position in aging research at @UMontreal

🗓️Application deadline 15 September

#FacultyJobs #CdnSci #Research #Aging

medicinoxy.com/assistant-pr...

Assistant Professor in Aging (University of Montreal)

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The Meshwork @themeshwork.bsky.social · Jul 29

Breaking!!!! A short break from vacation just because we couldn't sit on these news!!! Position announcements and latest publications from our members!!! Enjoy summer everybody!!! 🏄‍♀️🌅⛵️🏊‍♂️🍻🍸

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Naba Lab UIC @nabalabuic.bsky.social · Jul 15

Data drop! We just released an updated list of anti-ECM antibodies curated from the #HumanBioMolecularAtlasProgram Organ Mapping Antibody Panels #OMAP and the 9th release of the Human Reference Atlas #HRA. Check it out: sites.google.com/uic.edu/matr...

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Yoshi Ishikawa @collagenyoshi.bsky.social · Jul 10

"My" latest review is online now. We need your creativity! 😎
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Collagen Biosynthesis and Its Molecular Ensemble: What Remains Unexplored | Biochemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Collagen Biosynthesis and Its Molecular Ensemble: What Remains Unexplored

Collagen embodies an intriguing paradox in protein biology. Despite being one of the most abundant protein superfamilies in vertebrates and having a seemingly simple structural organization, its biosy...

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Meghan @mghnmrtn.bsky.social · Jul 12

I did not get many photos of myself actually presenting but please enjoy these fun snippets 😂 not only did we learn about great matrix science but some fun yoga poses as well!

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Meghan @mghnmrtn.bsky.social · Jul 12

A huge thanks to @rachellennon.bsky.social, @nystromlab.bsky.social, Doug Gould, and George Pantelopulos for all their hard work and dedication to creating 2 great meetings! As well a huge thanks to the International Society of Matrix Biology and @valerioizzi.bsky.social for helping me with travel!

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Meghan @mghnmrtn.bsky.social · Jul 12

Seeing the cutting edge work has given me many ideas for how to move forward and I’ve gained invaluable connections. I’m so grateful to be apart of such a welcoming community! While my time as a co-chair for the GRS has come to an end our work has only just begun 🧬

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Meghan @mghnmrtn.bsky.social · Jul 12

Back home after a wonderful week co chairing and presenting my work on maternal valve remodeling at the Collagen GRS/GRC!
I must admit that as a younger scientist I’ve been struggling with the uncertainty of the future but I’ve left the meeting feeling motivated and invigorated.

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Naba Lab UIC @nabalabuic.bsky.social · Jul 11

Perfect timing on the last day of the 2025 #Collagen Gordon Research Conference! Our paper, in collaboration with @valerioizzi.bsky.social describing #MatriCom, a tool to infer ECM communication systems from scRNA-Seq datasets, is now published in @jcellsci.bsky.social!
doi.org/10.1242/jcs....

MatriCom, a single-cell RNA-sequencing data mining tool to infer cell–extracellular matrix interactions

Highlighted Article: MatriCom is a web application devised to mine single-cell RNA-sequencing datasets to infer extracellular matrix (ECM)–ECM and cell–ECM communication systems across cell population...

doi.org

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The Meshwork @themeshwork.bsky.social · Jul 9

🌴 The pipettes are parked, the data can wait — it’s time for ☀️🏄‍♀️ and science naps! Our July newsletter features ECM summer vibes, cool papers, a poll, a lab introduction and a researcher spotlight that’ll warm your heart @perony.bsky.social Read it before we hit snooze 😎 @amsocmatbio.bsky.social

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ASMB @amsocmatbio.bsky.social · Jul 7

T-4 DAYS! The JULY 11 #DEADLINE for #EarlyBirdRegistration, #abstract and #TravelAward submission for the 2025 ASMB Biennial Meeting is coming fast!!! Lock in your spot at this must-attend event!
Find all info at: asmb.net/biennial-mee...
#ASMB2025 #ECMatrix #ASMBaltimore2025

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ASMB @amsocmatbio.bsky.social · Jun 26

📢SOUND THE ALARM 📢
#Deadline #Extended until July 11 2025

💸 #Register early and save
📨Submit your #abstract
🧬 Showcase your work
🔗www. ASMB.net

📍 Don’t miss this opportunity to join us. #ASMB2025!

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The Meshwork @themeshwork.bsky.social · Jun 24

Final FREE online seminar before the summer vacation!!!! Tomorrow, 3pm CET via Zoom!!! Register now!!! More info below and on our website!!!

The Meshwork @themeshwork.bsky.social · Jun 18

Our final online seminar of the season is just around the corner!!! Save the date: June 25, 3pm CET. Register for FREE now and join us next week to discuss all things Hyaluronan in Medicine with Dr Laura Alaniz!!! Follow the QR code or click here: forms.gle/iSjnrLBVZmkD... @amsocmatbio.bsky.social

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The Meshwork @themeshwork.bsky.social · Jun 18

Our final online seminar of the season is just around the corner!!! Save the date: June 25, 3pm CET. Register for FREE now and join us next week to discuss all things Hyaluronan in Medicine with Dr Laura Alaniz!!! Follow the QR code or click here: forms.gle/iSjnrLBVZmkD... @amsocmatbio.bsky.social

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